Garment support



Patented Sept. 28, 1937 UNITED *ESTATES PATENTOFf-Ficf1'7 M GARMENT SUPPORT Kimon E. Hadjoson, New York, N. Y.

Application November 16, 1936, serial No.1'1o,97s

1 claim. (onzas-*ssi permit the outerend of the supporting rodtobe This invention relates to garment supports of the combined coat and trousers hanger type.

I am aware that garment supports of the cornbined coat and trousers hanger type are well known and that such type of hanger includes a main hanger, such as a generally conventional coat hanger, with which is associated an auxiliary hanger, such as a trousers-supporting rod, the supporting rod being rigidly connected to the coat hanger in some instances, removably supported by such hanger in other instances and inv still other instances Vpivotally co-nnected at one end to one end of the coat hanger so as to en'- able it to be swung in the general plane of that hanger from a closed to an open position, and vice versa.

With each of the above generally described species of garment supports, difliculty is experienced in hanging a garment, such as a pair of trousers, on the auxiliary hanger, and this difliculty is especially pronounced in the presence of a coat or other garment on` the main hanger.

An important object of the present invention is to overcome the foregoing objections, and to this end I contemplate a coat hanger to one arm of which is pivotally connected a trousers-supporting rod for movement in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of the coat hanger so that it may be swung outwardly to a projected position to enable a pair of trousers, or other garment, to be readily placed thereon regardless of whether or not a coat, or other garment, is supported on the coat hanger, the other arm of the coat hanger being equipped with a suitable latch into retaining engagement with which the outer end of the trousers-supporting rod may be swung from its extended position and by which such rod may be effectively retained against accidental or other undue displacement.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of a garment support of a combined coat and trousers hanger type embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2l is a transverse sectionalview taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken on 50 line 3-3 of Fig. l, and illustrating the outer end of the trousers-supporting rod in latched position;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to that of Fig. 3 and. illustrating the manner in which the trousers- 55 supporting rod latch is adapted to function to movedinto and out of latched position; and:

Fig. 5 is a view similar tof that of Figs. 3 and' 4, but showing the trousers-supporting rod completely out of engagement with the U-shapedy latch and illustrating the then converging `rela-.2. tion ofthe legs of the latch to each othen and the relationof the width-of the latch'throat tol the` diameter of the trousers-supporting rod. f' t Referring rto the drawing, thefnumeral I0 ine dicates `a main hanger, such asV a generally com., ventional coat vhanger which includes aniordi--ff nary suspension hook II and a pair of downwardly and outwardly inclined supporting arms I2 and I4.

With the main hanger I0 there is associated an auxiliary hanger, such as a trousers-supporting rod I5, one end of which is pivotally connected, as by a pin I6, tothe lower end of the arm I2 of the coat hanger so asto enable such rod to be swung in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane o-f the coat hanger to a projected position and to be returned to its closed position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Inasmuch as the pivotal connection aorded between the coat hanger and the trousers-supporting rod I5 is such as to enable the supporting rod to be moved to a projected position, it becomes apparent that one is enabled to readily place on it a pair of trousers or vother garment regardless of whether or not a coat or other garment is supported on the coat hanger.

In order that the trousers-supporting rod I5 may be effectively held latched in closed position, the lower end of the arm I4 of the coat hanger is provided with a suitable latch I1, into retaining engagement with which the outer end of the trousers-supporting rod may be swung. The latch I1, which is constructed from suitable spring metal, is substantially U-shaped and is accommodated within a channel-like pocket I8 formed in the lower end of the arm I4. As shown most clearly in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, the base of the U-shaped latch I1 engages the bottom of the channel-like pocket I8 and is held in bottom-engaging position, as by a screw which serves to effectively retain the latch as a whole Within the pocket. It is to be observed that one leg 2| of the U-shaped latch I1 is turned back on itself at its outer end, as shown at 22, and snugly engages the adjacent side wall of the channel-like pocket I8, whereas the other leg 24 of the latch is so bent outwardly at its outer end as to present a gradually curved surface 25 and afford an outwardly extending lip 26 which is accommodated within a notch-like recess 21 formed in the face of the arm I4 adjacent the pocket I8. Inasmuch as the leg 2| is confined wholly within the channel-like pocket I8 and inasmuch as the 5 outer end of the lip 26 associated with the leg 24 is at all times accommodated wholly within the notch-like recess 21, it follows that the latch I1 is so guarded, in its entirety, as to avoid any possibility of its hooking into and tearing a garment under any and all conditions.

It is to be especially observed that the leg 24 of the latch II normally occupies a p-ronouncedly converging relation to the leg 2| of the latch and is spaced, substantially throughout its length, a

l5 suilicient distance from the adjacent side wall of the channel-like pocket I8 to enable it to be sprung away from the leg 2I a suiicient distance to permit the outer end of the trousers-supporting rod I5 to pass in and out of the latch by way of the throat or space afforded between the outer ends of the latch legs. Inasmuch as the trouserssupporting rod I5, when in closed position, engages the base of the U-shaped latch I'I, and inasmuch as the legs 2I and 24 of that latch then forcibly bear against the rod while maintaining such a converging relation that they must be sprung apart tol permit outward displacement of the supporting rod, it follows that the latch effectively serves to retain the supporting rod latched in closed position. Although the leg 24 of the U-shaped latch I'I exerts a sufhcient impinging action on the rod to prevent accidental or other undue displacement thereof, the force of impingement is insufficient to prevent the trousers-supporting rod from being moved at will either out of or into latched position.

Although only one form of the invention is herein shown and described, it will be understood that various changes may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the following claim.

What is claimed is:

A garment support of the combined coat and trousers hanger type comprising a main hanger including a pair of outwardly extending arms, an auxiliary rod-like hanger pivotally connected to one of said arms for pivotal movement only in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of said main hanger and adapted to assume an eX- tended position with relation to said main hanger and. to assume a closed position in the general plane of `said main hanger, and a latch assocated with one of said arms and adapted to cooperate with the outer end of said auxiliary hanger upon movement of the same to closed position to retain it in closed position, said latch comprising a U-shaped member having a base and converging legs, between the latter of which the outer end of said auxiliary hanger is adapted to pass into and out of closed position and by which said auxiliary hanger when it assumes closed position is held in abutting engagement with said base.

KIMON E. HADJOSON. 

